The fourth of July is for celebration. We celebrate with parades, fireworks, and barbeques. We have friends over and do sparklers, and make s’mores. Everyone has a special shirt or tee shirt they wear which has to be red, white and blue. I think it is bigger than New Year’s Eve. The weather is warmer, and the celebration usually starts when you can buy fireworks. Many cities have large firework displays after dark; some set to Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture. A little ironic, since he was Russian.
Take a few minutes and reflect on why we celebrate. It was the birth of a new nation centuries ago by visionaries who thought the people should have choices in how the government should rule. We’ve had to adjust to changes in many areas including technology, education, and medicine. There have been so many changes even within my lifetime with most being very beneficial to everyone. There are certain groups who feel some of the changes are not what they wanted. Take birth control or gun control as a couple of hot issues right now. But we are a country “of the people, by the people and for the people.” In my novel Deceptive Truth, coming out in September, we’ll try to keep it that way.
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